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F. HOPKINS. GATE.

No.A 482,792. Patented sept.' zo, 189@ MMM@ UNTED STAT-ns PATENT Ormes.

FLOYD HOPKINS,- OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,792, dated September 20, 1892.

Application iiled January l1, 1888. Serial No. 260,421- (NO mOBL) To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FLOYD HOPKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belvidere, in the county of Boone and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of gates in which the gate proper is adapted to slide on a hanger hinged to a hanger-post, the hanger serving as a support for the gate in the operation of opening and closing it.

It has for its object the provision of simpliiied means for adjusting the pulleys or gatesupporting surfaces on the hanger relatively to each other, and also the counterbalancing the hanger to obviate excessive strain on its hinges as Well as on the hanger-post.

The invention consists in the various combinations expressed in the claims.

Figure l is a side elevation of a gate embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is atop or plan view of the same, taken on line 2 2. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on an enlarged.

scale, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. l, parts of the gate and hanger being broken away. Fig. 4 is an elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the lower hinge portion of the gate, parts of the gate, hanger, and hanger-post being represented as broken away. Fig. 5 is a detail View showing a portion of the hanger, in connection with the pulley secured thereto by a bolt forming a part of the upper hinge. Fig. 6 is a View in elevation of a modification of the hanger, in connection with the hangerpost.

A and B are ordinary gate-posts, represented as set in the ground, the former serving as a hanger-post.

'C is the gate proper, adapted to slide in the act of opening and closing and to be swung on a hinged hanger.

D D represent two parts or bars that are adj ustably connected to each other and hinged to the hanger-post, the two forming a swinging hanger for supporting the gate.

D2 is a bolt provided with a nut and washer for adjustably securing the two parts D D together, dotted lines d indicating holes in which thebolt may be placed.

E is a weight secured by a bolt e and pin e in either one of a series of holes e2, indicated by dotted lines in the rear end of bar D.

F is a flanged roller placed on barD, at the side thereof and adjacent to thehanger-post.

F is a flanged roller placed near the front end of bar D, at the side thereof.

G is a pin on bar D, projecting upwardly to prevent the gate from being thrown o the hanger D D in one direction.

G is a pin for the same purpose, projecting upwardly from within an eye of the bolt on which pulley F is bling and turns.

H H are two pintle-bolts secured to the hanger-post A, and I I are two eyebolts secured to hanger D D near the top and bottom of said hanger and projecting horizontally, the upper eyebolt being provided with the iianged roller F.

I isa horizontally-projecting eyebolt near the front end of bar D,it being provided with the iianged roller F and the vertically-projecting pin G.

The gate proper is constructed of boards connected together in the ordinary manner. Either of the uppermost three horizontal gateboards may rest upon and pass freely over the iianged rollersF F but the one shown as resting thereon is preferred.

In some instances the bar Dof the hanger D D may be omitted and a Wire, chain, or rope K be substituted therefor. In such case the weight E should be sufficient entirely to counterbalance the hanger and gate when the latter is at or near its limit of movement when slid in the direction of post B in closing the gate.

The hanger may be adjusted so that the gate shall be parallel with the surface of the ground between the posts A and B, this being done by renioving'the bolt D2 from one of the holes d in bar D and placing and securing it in another thereof. In such case the bar D turns on its eyebolt to the extent required. In the modiiication shown in Fig. 6 the lower pintle-bolt is omitted in the post A, the eyebolt H being substituted therefor, the wire having its lower end fastened in said eye.

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It will be understood that provision of other antifriction devices-instead of the flanged rollers may be made Without departing from my invention, any of the usual antifriction devices in such cases being substituted--as, for instance, the eyebolts of the principal form of the device may be made to present Wide bearing-surfaces on their upper sides and be case-hardened or otherwise rendered durable, smooth, and comparatively frictionless in supporting the part or parts of the gate bearing and sliding thereon.

To open the gate, it is merely necessary to slide it back on the rollers F F', the gate at all times, if desired, being Wholly supported on said rollers, until the end bar of the gate nearest post B comes incontact, or nearly so, with roller F', when the'gate may be opened to its widest extent by swinging around the hinged hanger with'y the-gate.

Any wear or settling of the gate is provided for in the means for adjusting the hanger, as heretofore indicated, and the weight E may alsobe adjusted on the hanger to correspond with the Weight of the gate for suitably counterbalancing the latter.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim isl. A gate,a supportingpost therefor, a bar having a pivotal connection with the post, rollers `on the/bar, upon which the gate rests,V a counterbalance-weight for the gate, and an adjustable diagonal brace for supporting the `outer end of the bar.

2. Agate, a su pportin g-post therefor, a pintle offset from the post, an arm having an eye for said vpintle,the arm. bearingfa flanged roller `and arbar, a like roller onth'e bar, one of the bars of the gate resting upon the rollers, and a counter-balance for the gate.

3. A gate, a supporting-post therefor, a bar pivoted to the post, two rollers secured to said bar, upon which rollers the gate rests, a counter-balance for the gate secured to the bar, and a diagonal brace pivoted to the supporting-post and adj ustably connected to the bar.

4. A gate, asu pporting-post therefor, a horizontal bar having an eyebolt extending therefrom, a lian ged roller on the eyebolt, said eyebolt extending over a pintle on the supporting-post, a second roller on the horizontal bar, vupon which rollers a bar of the gate rests, a brace-bar having an eyebolt engaging a piutle `ou the post near its lower end, an adjustable connection between the horizontal bai-and the brace-bar, and a movable counterbalancng- Weight onthe horizontal bar.

5. The combination of agate,a hanger, and a hanger-post, thev hanger being provided With antifriction`bearings for a partlofthe gate to slide upon and extended to the rearward of its hinges, said extension being'provided with a counterbalance-weight,substantially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

FLOYD HOPKINS. Witnesses:

ENOS T. GAGE, ELIAS A. CLEAVELAND. 

